While I'm not quite sure yet how it will play yet, it can't be denied a mere 6 or so hr campaign is not a great way to cap off the trilogy of a big series like this. That's merely the typical made from movies type game length. I've also read that AI, both CELL and Ceph, can be easily taken out one after the other, because like clockwork they all investigate their fallen the same, making them easy prey.

I can see maybe one, or even two coming to take a look, but after a pile of corpses start building up, it's time to make the AI a bit less gullible. Too many games that have a stealth gameplay mechanic make this mistake. Look at Far Cry 3 for instance. You can use stealth, but you have to really earn it. When AI see a corpse their first reaction is to warn others, take cover, and investigate. If a lot have been killed they're more likely to take cover until they know where the threat is coming from, which makes sense.

played the beginning so far, I thought I'd have been sweet with one 7970 but now I know it needs at least two for MAXIMUM eye candy. Yay for Crytek and their kick ass graphics engine, this is making me a little needy for an extra 7970.

The visuals in this game are really quite spectacular, the wind moving the grass is mesmerising and like others here - my 7970's were sweating! seen as low as 38fps in the jungle map, maybe even lower when I was trying to fend off the Ceph. But as soon as the action subsides I can't help but stop, look around and go oooohh.

That said, its still not quite as ground breaking even in the graphics department as I had hoped for, but it's still more visually impressive than any other game i've played to date. Gameplay is better than C2 but not open like the original.

Just installed 314.09 with a modded inf. Runs noticably better so I tested out the AA modes again. All of them suck. Not a single one comes close to addressing the grass. Sticking with FXAA since the others just don't bring anything good to the table but they zap like 20-30 fps.

Pretty much every post in here has validated my concerns.
It's a linear shooter with a meh story and nice graphics..
I won't be getting it until it goes on sale.
The Crysis franchise has imho died..
It has been beaten to death, hung and left out to dry, by the console..